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A mosquito on human skin.

Targeting mosquito spit to halt virus spread 

Published
9 June 2022
Categories
Global | Science | Health | Research

A molecule in mosquito saliva has been identified as a potential target for vaccination against a range of diseases for which there is no protection or medicine. 

Quintet from the Black Dyke Band

A high note for research and education

Published
7 June 2022
Categories
Working with business | Technology | Science | University

A fanfare performed by the Black Dyke Band has marked the official opening of the Sir William Henry Bragg building, a hub for physical sciences and engineering teaching and research at the University.

A heart monitoring device at the end of a hospital bed

COVID-19's toll on global cardiac services

Published
31 May 2022
Categories
Research | Global | Coronavirus | Health

A major study has revealed the global collateral damage caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biological Sciences building at the University of Leeds

Rogue proteins targeted by new technology

Published
30 May 2022
Categories
Working with our region | Science | Health

Scientists plan to develop technology to isolate and extract fragments of a "rogue" protein linked to diabetes.

Edward Roberts holding a bar of Dairy Milk chocolate with his Platinum Jubilee design on the wrapper

Leeds student’s Jubilee emblem goes global

Published
30 May 2022
Categories
Society & Politics | Working with business | Arts & Culture

It's emblazoned across London Buses and embellished on Krispy Kreme donuts; etched onto the Wimbledon Singles Final coin and stitched into socks.

close up of dry, deeply cracked river bed with hills on the horizon

Critical global water questions

Published
27 May 2022
Categories
Global | Environment | Society & Politics | Research

Recent intense heatwaves in India and widespread US droughts have highlighted the need for a global approach to tackling chronic water shortages.

Caroline Abel

Ten years leading the Seychelles economy

Published
19 May 2022
Categories
Alumni

As Governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS), Caroline Abel (Economics Studies 1999) is one of the most influential figures in a country navigating extraordinary global events.

Professor Nick Plant, Science Minister George Freeman and Dr Martin Stow standing in front of the Nexus logo in the building foyer

Science Minister George Freeman visits Nexus

Published
19 May 2022
Categories
Working with business | Working with our region | Science

The UK Science Minister visited the University to learn how its state-of-the-art innovation hub is helping the city region become a global force in health technology.